Commercial general contractor logistics manager job description
A commercial general contractor logistics manager runs the warehouse and gets material, tools and rentals to tenant improvement and renovation jobs. Most days are about timing: booking loading docks, freight elevators and crane days in buildings that stay open, and tracking stock by job so crews never wait.
By the HireBus team · Updated · Pay data: BLS, May 2025
Median pay, commercial building contractors · BLS, May 2025
Annual pay: 10th percentile $65,800, middle half $84,990 to $166,890, 90th percentile $202,500. Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
Reports to
Operations Manager
Department
Operations
Schedule
Weekdays, with early and late deliveries · Occupied buildings often take trucks only before opening, after closing or on weekends, so some shifts start late
Also called
Warehouse and logistics manager · Equipment and materials coordinator · Purchasing and logistics manager · Shop and warehouse manager
Commercial general contractor logistics manager job description template
This is our Role Blueprint, word for word. Replace the highlighted fields and adjust the example targets and pay to fit your company.
General Contractor - Commercial - Warehouse / Logistics Manager
Company Name:
[INSERT COMPANY NAME HERE]
Department:
Operations
Reports to:
[Operations Manager]
Location:
[INSERT LOCATION HERE]
1. Position Summary
Oversee and manage all aspects of warehouse operations and logistics to ensure the seamless coordination of materials and deliveries. Enhance supply chain efficiency for a commercial general contractor by implementing best practices in inventory management. Serve as a strategic leader to maintain high-quality operations that contribute to project success and customer satisfaction.
2. Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Supervise inventory management processes, ensuring accurate records and minimal discrepancies.
Coordinate timely deliveries and material shipments to support commercial construction projects.
Collaborate with procurement, project managers, and vendors to optimize the supply chain.
Implement safety protocols and compliance standards to maintain a secure working environment.
3. Key Tasks / Daily Activities
Monitor inventory levels daily and adjust procurement strategies as needed.
Schedule and track incoming and outgoing deliveries in real-time.
Communicate with project managers and suppliers to troubleshoot logistical issues promptly.
Conduct regular audits of warehouse systems and update processes for continuous improvement.
4. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
On-time delivery rate: Achieve a minimum of 98% on-time deliveries.
Inventory accuracy rate: Maintain a minimum of 99% accuracy in inventory management.
Supply chain efficiency: Reduce material delivery delays by at least 10% year-over-year.
Safety compliance: Achieve 100% compliance with warehouse safety standards.
5. Required Qualifications and Skills
Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
Minimum of 5 years’ experience in warehouse or logistics management within construction or home services.
Strong leadership and communication skills with the ability to work cross-functionally.
Proficiency in logistics software and inventory management systems.
6. Preferred Experience
Experience working in the commercial general contracting or construction industry.
Background in process improvement and implementing lean management strategies.
Prior exposure to managing large-scale material logistics for complex projects.
Familiarity with safety and compliance regulations specific to the construction industry.
7. Physical Requirements
Ability to lift up to 50 lbs when necessary.
Comfortable working in a warehouse environment that may include confined spaces.
Frequent walking, bending, and standing during daily operations.
Regular use of handheld devices for inventory tracking and communication.
8. Work Environment and Schedule
Standard work hours with occasional extended hours during peak project periods.
Minimal travel required between project sites and the warehouse.
On-call responsibilities during urgent delivery issues or supply chain disruptions.
Collaborative office and on-site environment with safety compliance protocols.
9. Compensation and Benefits
Salary range: $70,000 - $90,000 per year, based on experience and qualifications.
Annual performance bonus structure available based on KPIs.
Comprehensive Health, Dental, and Vision insurance plans offered.
401k retirement plan with company match and additional fringe benefits.
10. Company Culture and Overview
Our company fosters a growth-oriented, supportive, and inclusive culture where innovation and efficiency are at the forefront.
We value our employees’ contributions and invest in professional development and career advancement initiatives.
Our mission is to build lasting partnerships with our clients, ensuring exceptional service and top-quality project outcomes.
You will be part of an energetic team committed to operational excellence and technical innovation.
11. How to Apply
If you meet the above criteria and want to be part of a growth-oriented company focused on customer satisfaction, please send your resume to [INSERT EMAIL HERE] or apply online at [INSERT WEBSITE LINK HERE].
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Tenant work happens in buildings someone else owns and other people are using. The GC gets a dock, an elevator and a few hours, and every load has to fit that window.
The building sets the delivery window
Each property manager has its own rules. Expect to book the loading dock and freight elevator by the hour, and to send a certificate of insurance before the first truck. Some buildings take deliveries only before opening or after close. The logistics manager books those slots, has the elevator cab and hallway floors protected, and reschedules fast when a truck runs late, before a crew loses its shift.
No laydown room, so the warehouse stages it
A third-floor suite downtown has no yard and no spare room. Material arrives when the crew can install it, in the order they will use it. The warehouse does the staging instead: studs, frames, doors and hardware are kitted by suite and by work night, labeled, and loaded so the first thing off the truck is the first thing needed.
Rooftop picks over an open building
Setting new rooftop equipment for a tenant often means a weekend crane day. OSHA's crane rules call for hoisting routes that keep loads away from workers where such routes exist, and only the people needed to receive a load may stand in its fall zone while it lands. When the operator can't fully see the load's path or landing spot, a signal person is required, and that person's employer keeps proof of their qualification at the site. Book the crane, the street closure and the signal person as one package. Source: OSHA: Keeping clear of the load (29 CFR 1926.1425).
Demolition debris has its own route
Gutting a suite fills dumpsters fast. If debris drops more than 20 feet to a spot outside the exterior walls, OSHA calls for an enclosed chute. Debris dropped through a floor opening with no chute needs the area below fully closed off by barricades at least 42 inches high and at least 6 feet back from the opening's edge, warning signs on each level, and nobody clearing the bottom until dropping stops above. In occupied buildings, most of it leaves in carts on the freight elevator. Source: OSHA: Disposal of waste materials (29 CFR 1926.252).
How much commercial general contractor logistics managers make
The closest BLS group for commercial general contractor logistics managers is transportation, storage, and distribution managers. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers who work for commercial and industrial builders earned a median of $124,420 a year ($59.82 an hour) in May 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s above the $107,230 median for transportation, storage, and distribution managers in all industries. About 500 of the 221,180 transportation, storage, and distribution managers in that survey work for commercial building contractors.
Salary plus an annual bonus linked to the KPIs, as the template sets out. Most people in this BLS code run big shipping and distribution operations, and few of them work for building contractors, so a GC with one warehouse should treat the chart's middle as a ceiling, not a starting offer.
Commercial building contractors
$124,420$124,420 median Middle half $84,990–$166,890 10th–90th $65,800–$202,500
All industries
$107,230$107,230 median Middle half $82,440–$146,770 10th–90th $65,120–$194,900
$50k$75k$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k$225k
10th–90th percentileMiddle halfMedianAnnual pay, May 2025. Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.
Annual pay by percentile
Group
10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
Commercial building contractors
$65,800
$84,990
$124,420
$166,890
$202,500
All industries
$65,120
$82,440
$107,230
$146,770
$194,900
BLS doesn’t publish pay for commercial general contractors on their own. These figures cover nonresidential building construction, which include them. Post a real range for your market in the ad.
The pay line in the template above is an example from our Role Blueprint. Set yours from these figures and what local companies pay.
Skills to hire for, and what you can teach
Hire for these
Has run material and deliveries for commercial interiors or renovation work
Books dock and elevator time with property managers and keeps their trust
Builds delivery kits by suite and work night from the drawings and schedule
Keeps job-tagged stock counts right in the company's inventory software
Plans crane days with the crane company, the sub and the city
Teach these on the job
Each property's rules and insurance paperwork
Your purchasing approvals with project managers
Your inventory software and label system
How your supers request material for night shifts
Your debris haulers and local dumpster permits
The job runs on an inventory or ERP system, the project schedule and a shared calendar of dock and elevator bookings. In the warehouse that means forklifts, pallet jacks, carts and a box truck or two. Mention in the posting if the manager also drives deliveries or covers night receiving.
Commercial general contractor logistics manager interview questions
Two of the 6 questions we'd ask, and what a strong answer sounds like. Ask every candidate the same questions, and rate each answer on your own before you compare notes.
Situational · Fixing misdelivered loads
A load of drywall shows up at the wrong site while the right crew is waiting. What do you do?
A strong answer: Redirects it fast, checks other loads that day, tells both superintendents, and finds the cause in the delivery tickets.
Behavioral · Improving on-time delivery
Tell me about a time you set up a system that improved on-time deliveries.
A strong answer: Names the problem, the system (cutoff times, route planning, confirmations), and the measured improvement.
Commercial general contractor logistics manager KPIs
Judge delivery numbers against the windows each building gave you, not an ideal day. Test each of the template's targets against one quarter of your own records.
On-time delivery rate
Loads that reached the suite inside the booked dock or elevator slot, from delivery tickets and the booking calendar. Count a missed slot as late even when the building let you rebook it.
Inventory accuracy rate
Monthly counts of the shelves and of the suite kits staged for the coming week, checked against the system. A kit missing one door closer counts as a miss.
Supply chain efficiency
Late or rebooked deliveries per month, compared with that month a year earlier. Note each night shift that started short because material wasn't in the suite.
Safety compliance
A monthly warehouse and delivery walk with a written checklist: forklift operator records current, loads strapped, elevator cabs padded, aisles clear. Count items passed against items checked.
Career path
Inventory specialistPicks and labels suite kits and checks in tenant deliveries.
Commercial general contractor logistics managerBooks docks and elevators and keeps suite kits moving to every job.
Operations managerRuns field operations, from crew schedules to equipment and the warehouse.
Other roles in a commercial general contractor business
Commercial general contractor logistics manager FAQ
Who books the freight elevator, the field supervisor or the logistics manager?
Pick one and write it down. When the field supervisor books for crews and the logistics manager books for deliveries, the two clash in the same building. Keep one shared calendar per building, with the property manager's contact and rules on it, and make one person its owner.
How much does a commercial general contractor logistics manager make?
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers who work for commercial and industrial builders earned a median of $124,420 a year ($59.82 an hour) in May 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The middle half earned between $84,990 and $166,890 a year. Pay also depends on your local market, experience and bonus terms.
Who handles insurance certificates for each building?
Often the logistics manager, because a truck turned away at the dock is where a missing certificate shows up first. Keep a list of what each property asks for, including any names it wants added to the policy, and send certificates before the first delivery is booked.
How should a GC handle furniture and equipment the tenant buys?
Agree in writing, before it ships, who receives it, who checks it for damage and where it is stored. Log it apart from your own stock, photograph it on arrival, and get a signature when it is handed over. Otherwise a scratched item from the tenant's vendor can end up on your punch list.
How many jobs can one logistics manager support?
It depends on how many jobs need booked slots more than on the job count. Ten daytime jobs with open access can be easier than four occupied-building jobs that each need dock times, elevator times and night receiving. When bookings start to slip, add a coordinator under the manager.
What should I ask in the interview?
Give a real week: three tenant jobs, one dock that opens at 6 AM, a door order running late and a crane day on Saturday. Ask the candidate to lay out the deliveries and say what they would do first if the door supplier misses. Listen for whether they plan around the time windows or around the trucks.
